This directory of federally funded teacher centers supplements "The Role of Higher Education in Teacher Centers," published in 1981 by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and the Southern New Jersey Regional Teacher Center. Included in this document are all teacher centers funded in 1980-81 or 1981-82 by the Teacher Center…

Recommendations to increase the relevance of information, improve the communication of information, and increase user responsiveness to information are presented. Recommendations include the following: (1) the Department of Education (ED) should institute a flexible planning system for evaluations of federal education programs; (2) congressional…

The document contains transcripts of the Congressional hearings on the Developmental Disabilities Act Amendments of 1978 (H.R. 11764), legislation designed to improve and coordinate provision of services to the developmentally disabled. Presented along with the text of H.R. 11764 are the texts of H.R. 278, H.R. 2151, and H.R. 10059 (all part of…

RURAL POVERTY WAS DEEPENED RATHER THAN AMELIORATED BY A REVOLUTION IN SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE. THERE WERE 3.4 MILLION SOUTHERN FARMERS IN 1935, THIS NUMBER DECREASED TO LESS THAN 1.6 MILLION IN 1962. AVERAGE YEARLY EARNINGS WERE LESS THAN $2,500. THE RURAL AREAS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM HAS TRIED TO ATTRACT INDUSTRY TO COUNTY OR MULTI-COUNTY AREAS IN…

FROM THE INCEPTION OF THE MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM IN MARCH 1962 UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1964, THE DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR AND HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE ISSUED VIRTUALLY NO GUIDELINES TO STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS REGARDING TRAINEE ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS. THE ATTENDANCE RECORDS OF 2,902 TRAINEES PREPARED BY TRAINING ORGANIZATIONS IN…

This keynote address speaks to problems faced by the elderly, particularly in the areas of finances and social services. The public concerns over the viability of the social security system are briefly examined and confronted. The speaker, U.S. Commissioner on Aging, stresses the need for his peers to become acquainted with, and use, the many…

This brochure presents brief descriptions of Federal educational legislation enacted between 1963 and 1965. Also included are capsule progress reports of many of the Federally funded programs. (NH)

In a 1968 survey of the income of the aged, 8,248 persons were interviewed out of a population of 19.3 million persons aged 65 or over, excluding approximately 95,000 federal annuitants, 30,000 aliens, and a small number of persons not enrolled. The Current Medicare Survey was utilized to obtain certain selected characteristics of aged persons.…

Evaluation efforts related to Federal education programs are discussed as to steps that have been taken and the current evaluation plan. Evaluation functions have been centralized in the Commissioner's Office of Program Planning and Evaluation. The two major kinds of evaluation activities that are carried out are (1) monitoring, and (2)…

Various food service methods are employed to handle the explosive growth in the school lunch program in Hartford, Connecticut. (Author/MLF)

General Revenue Sharing (GRS) was developed under the pretension of bringing government closer to the people by enabling them to exercise greater influence on the distribution of federal tax revenues. Libraries have not received fair and impartial consideration under GRS; in fact, very few public services have. (Author/JPF)

William J. Whalen, director of the National Park Service, is interviewed on his personal philosophy and attitudes on (among others) planning, legislative issues, international contacts, career issues, personnel issues, administrative concerns, program objectives, and views on D-2 Alaska issues. (MJB)

The author comments on significant methodological issues emerging from substantial studies of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act which are highly relevant to evaluations of the Job Training Partnership Act. (JOW)

Summaries are presented of the activities of 16 committees on the Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Branch (MRDD) of the National Institute of Child Health. Committees are organized to guide future research efforts in biomedical issues, behavioral and social sciences, and the interface between biomedical and behavioral/social…

Through collaboration with its stakeholders, the National Council on Disability (NCD) will pursue a focused agenda that will promote government programs and policies in support of full inclusion of all people with disabilities into the educational, economic and social fabric of the American community. NCD will use the expertise of its diverse…